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Zach Galifianakis Won't Be In 'R.I.P.D.'; Comedy With Will Ferrell Now Titled 'Southern Rivals'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 8, 2011 9:07 AM
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What happens when you become hot in Hollywood is that you're able to attach yourself to a lot of projects, firstly to give yourself more options, and secondly because the material that gets sent your way tends to get better as your fame meter rises. But timing, schedules and other factors mean that sometimes a project gets stalled or doesn't get made, or simply, there's no time to do it.
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More: Films, Actors, Jay Roach, Genre Films, Southern Rivals, Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell, R.I.P.D.

Ed Harris To Play John McCain To Julianne Moore's Sarah Palin In HBO's 'Game Change'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • March 24, 2011 2:14 AM
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  • 5 Comments
For politics buffs, or really anyone, the 2008 election campaign provided an enormous amount of drama. The twists and turns, from Barack Obama's surprise victory at the Iowa caucuses and the tanking of Rudolph Guiliani's campaign to the death of Obama's grandmother on the eve of his election, gripped the world across the year like it was the best ever season of "The West Wing," so it's no surprise that it would receive big-screen treatment sooner rather than later.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, TV Networks, Jay Roach, Game Change, Ed Harris, Danny Strong

Julianne Moore To Play Sarah Palin In Jay Roach's HBO Drama 'Game Change'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 9, 2011 9:12 AM
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  • 4 Comments
It looks like Tina Fey doesn't have the sole lock on portraying one of the most embarrassing political figures in recent memory.
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More: Films, Actresses, Jay Roach, Game Change

'Recount' Director & Writer Jay Roach & Danny Strong Reteaming For Political Drama 'Game Change'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • February 14, 2011 2:14 AM
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Perhaps the least well-known script ever to top the Black List and still get made, "Recount," from former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actor Danny Strong (who most recently penned "The Butler," which is set to team Lee Daniels and Denzel Washington), went behind the scenes of the drama of the 2000 election, and the controversial series of recounts in Florida that (eventually) saw George W. Bush defeat Al Gore for the Presidency.
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More: Films, Jay Roach, Game Change, Danny Strong

Will Ferrell & Zack Galifianakis Political Comedy Finds A Home At WB

  • By Gabe Toro
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  • December 5, 2010 10:54 AM
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Two days ago, a pitch went out to studios with Will Ferrell and Zack Galifianakis attached that would depict them as Presidential candidates timed to coincide with the 2012 elections. And now, the auction has ended: Deadline reports that Warner Bros. will back a Jay Roach-directed comedy that pits these two comedians against each other in the political arena.
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More: Actors, Jay Roach, Zac Efron, Will Ferrell

Make This Hollywood: Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis Linked To Political Comedy Eyeing 2012 Release

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 3, 2010 8:22 AM
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Jay Roach Attached To DirectListen Hollywood, we know that for whatever inane reason you can't find sufficient reason to greenlight "Anchorman 2" or "Zoolander 2" (yet), but holy sweet molasses, when Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis come knocking on your door, don't turn them away.
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More: Actors, Jay Roach, Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell

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